A pair of impossibly long, rope-tendoned arms flexed grayish-pink in the glare. From Wordnik.com. [Neuromancer]
There was something long and shapeless squirming in her hand, something grayish-pink and wrinkled. From Wordnik.com. [Catspaw]
There was a high bluff in that direction, and between it and the Ponypiles a strip of flat grayish-pink plain, splotched here and there with whitish and dark patches. From Wordnik.com. [Futures Imperfect]
My .45 was smeared with a grayish-pink clay, and I wiped it clean with a wet handkerchief and pointed the barrel downward and hit it to free it of any obstructions inside. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Rainbow] Reference
Our ship was the last to pass up through the clouds, and it was a strange sight to watch the others as one after another they rose toward the great dome, entered it, though from below it resembled a solid vault of grayish-pink marble, and disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Edison's Conquest of Mars] Reference
Nor is he interested in reforming ordinary language: “I am no more recommending that in ordinary discourse we refuse to say that a pianist who misses a note has performed a Chopin Polonaise than that we refuse to call a whale a fish, the earth spherical, or a grayish-pink human white”. From Wordnik.com. [Goodman's Aesthetics] Reference
When purchasing a fresh ham, look for a grayish-pink color. From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
The ovaries are of a grayish-pink color, and present either a smooth or a puckered uneven surface. From Wordnik.com. [XI. Splanchnology. 3d. 1. The Ovaries] Reference
The late oleanders smelled very sweet; the moon was so full that one could distinguish the peculiar grayish-pink of the blossoms. From Wordnik.com. [Stories By English Authors: Italy (Selected by Scribners)] Reference
The old-fashioned corned beef is grayish-pink and very salty; the newer corned beef is bright and rosy and made without nitrites, which are said to be carcinogenic, according to the Food Lovers Companion. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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